Fnatic had to play IEM Dallas without Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson on the team, who was sidelined due to personal reasons. In his spot Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg stepped in to help the team, but the return of the former Major winner did not go as planned.
Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg went -26 in K/D on the four maps of play against 9z and MOUZ. Fnatic started the day by losing to MOUZ in a best-of-one match. In the lower bracket, the Europeans lost to 9z and were knocked out of the tournament already on day 1.
Nouns shared a similar fate losing out to G2 and FURIA.
In Group B the most notable result was the win for Astralis in their Tier-1 LAN return. The Danes took down their old rivals from Team Liquid after a superb performance from Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz and Alexander “Altekz” Givskov.
Results from Day 1 of IEM Dallas:
G2 – NOUNS 16-5
MVP: 
jks – 1.91 rating
FURIA – OG 14-16
MVP: 
flameZ – 1.30 rating
Fnatic – MOUZ 9-16
MVP: xertioN 1.62 rating
Heroic – 9z 16-9
MVP: 
cadiaN – 1.46 rating
ENCE – Complexity 16-7
MVP: 
SunPayus – 1.80 rating
FaZe – Evil Geniuses 19-17
MVP: 
Twistzz – 1.55 rating
Cloud9 – Grayhound 16-2
MVP: 
Ax1Le – 1.68 rating
Team Liquid – Astralis 17-19
MVP: Altekz – 1.30 rating
Round 2:
FURIA – Nouns 2-0
MVP: 
KSCERATO – 1.60 rating
G2 – OG 2-0
MVP: 
NiKo – 1.75 rating
MOUZ – Heroic 0-2
MVP: stavn – 1.36 rating
Fnatic – 9z 1-2
MVP: 
dgt – 1.32 rating
Round 2 will be completed tonight.
There is $100.000 on the line for the winner of IEM Dallas plus an invitation for IEM Cologne.
